Nintendo’s Wii U Miiverse getting user communities, mobile access

Nintendo’s Wii U-based Miiverse social network is also getting a big update later this year, including user-created communities, more than one community per title, updated usability, and a more advanced filtering system. That’s in addition to a mobile phone-based application, all arriving in 2013. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced as much during a Nintendo Direct video presentation this morning, though he didn’t give a concrete date for the Miiverse updates or the mobile app (“spring” was the closest he got, and that’s only applicable to the mobile app). He did say that you’ll sign into the mobile app using your Nintendo Network ID, and be able to access (and interact) with the Miiverse on-the-go.